Combined cigar-cutter and nail-clipper.



No. 846,743 PATENTBD MAR. '12, 1907.

l G. HAVELL, CUMBINED GIGAR GUTTER'AND NAIL GLIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1904.

TED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

GEORGE RAvELL, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR To LOUIS o. LANGiE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907,

Application filed November 11,1904. Serial No. 232,354.

To a/ZZ whom, it may oon/cern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE HAvELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at 3() Mount Prospect Place, Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail-Clippers, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of i Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section at the middlel of the tool with the thumb-lever adjusted to operate either the nail-clipper or the cigar-cutter. Fig. 3 is a similar Section with the thumb-lever depressed and locked by its latch. Fig. 4 shows the front e'nd of the tool with the nail-cutter closed. Fig. 5 is a section similar to Fig. 2 with the thumblever omitted and the leaf-spring carrying the nail-cutter. Fig. 6 is a plan of the blank; for the cigar-cutter spring. Fig. 7 is a plan, and Fig. 8 an edge view, of the spring completed, the same as shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a plan of the tool with the thumb-lever closed and latched, as in Fig. 3. Fig. 10 is a plan of the tool with the thumb-lever removed to expose the other parts. Fig. 11 is a plan of the blank for the flanged frame of the tool, and Fig. 12 shows the under side of the thumb-lever. Fig. 13 shows the device constructed without 'the cigar-cutter.

The combined construction shown in Figs. 1 to 12 will iirst be described. The frame or bed of the tool is of trough shape having a bottom plate a with side iianges b b. The flange Z) is provided with a hole c beveled inwardly. The plate a is provided with slot a near the rear end and witha raised seat (Z at the front end for operation with the nail- The cutter is formed at the frontv cutter e. end of a leaf f, the rear end of the leaf being attached to the plate a by rivet f. The thumb-lever g is provided with ears g near its forward end, hinged to the flanges b b by rivet h over the cutter e. The ears arc shaped, as shown in Figs. 2 and, 3 to form cams, which press the cutter e upon the seat Z when the lever is closed, as in Fig. 3.

latch is provided at the rear end of the trough and formed with a foot i, having rivet j inserted through the slot a of the frameplate and provided with a forwardly-projecting hook Zc to lap over the rear end of the thumb-lever g, which is shown pointed to serve as a nail-cleaner. The latch-hook Zc can be readily pushed backward by the finger-nail when it is desired to open the thumblever to use the implement. arm Zis pivoted to the flange ZJ near the rear end of the same and provided at its forward end with a cigar-tip cutter Z adjacent to the aperture c. The arm Z is provided with a heel Z2, which contacts with the plate a to prevent the cutter Z from rising above the edge of the aperture, as shown in Fig. 5, and the cigar-cutting arm is held normally raised by a spring m, having foot m', as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, which is iitted, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, beneath the foot or rear end of the leaf-spring f, which carries the nail-cutter, and the rivet f thus secures both the leaf-spring and the spring m in place. The thumb-lever g is formed, as shown in Figs. 2 and 9, of suitable width to extend over the cutter Z', and the depression of the thumblever thus operates to actuate the nail-cutter e and the cigar-tip cutter Z. When the thumb-lever is raised, as shown in Fig. 2, both of the cutters assume a position inwhich the finger-nail or cigar-tip can be inserted to be clipped. When desired, the hole c may be omitted from the flange b and the cigar-cutter arm Z and its spring may also be omitted, as shown in Fig. 13, the construction and operation ofthe nail-cutter being unchanged by the absence of these parts.

The device is entirely made of sheet-metal parts stamped into the desired form and is thus manufactured very cheaply, While it furnishes a very convenient device for clipping the nails and cutting cigar-tips.

The sheet-metal blank for the spring fm is shown in Fig. 6 with a tongue extended from the foot fm of suitable length to bend over andk form a yielding spring, as shown in Figs. 5 and 8. The blank for the frame is shown in Fig. 11 with the aperture c for in- A cigar-cutter IOO serting the cigar-tip, the slot a for securing the latch 7c movably, a projection d to form the seat for the cigar-cutter, and an aperture fn adjacent to such seat for the discharge of the nail-clippings. The blank is nearly rectangular in shape, and Fig. 11 shows two dotted lines x upon which the side flanges l) t are bent upwardly at right angles to the bottom part when finished, as shown in Fig, 4. The thumb-lever is shown in Fig. 12 with file-teeth upon its under side, as is common. The frame and cutter jaw or seat 'd are made of a relatively soft material, such .as mild steel or German silver, while the spring or arm f is made of a relatively hard elastic material, such as tempered steel.

By making the frame or bed of the tool of trough-shape one of the side flanges may be readilyperf'orated to insert the cigar-tip and the cutter for clipping off the tip can be also pivoted upon such side flange. The construction is thus particularly adapted for manufacture with or without the cigar-cutter, as may be required, the cigar-cutter being made up with the beveled hole c in one of the side flanges, and the cigar-cutting arm l being thereafter applied to the side flange when the cigar-cutting attachment is desired.

By such construction the manufacturer can carry the nail-cutter in stock and can upon short notice apply the cigar-tip cutter to any number of them for prompt delivery.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimed herein isl. Acombined tool having a trough-shaped frame provided with a cutting-aperture and a cutter-j aw, pivoted arms carrying cutters adapted to coperate with said jaw and said aperture, and an operating-lever directly engaging said arms whereby said cutters are operated simultaneously.

2. A combined tool having a trough-shaped frame provided with a cutting-aperture and a cutter-jaw, movable arms carrying cutters adapted to coperate with said jaw and with said :aperture7 and an operating-lever for actuating both of said arms simultaneously.

3. A combined tool having a frame, a cutter-j aw and acutting-aperture in said frame, movable arms carrying cutters adapted to coperate with said jaw and said aperture, and an operating-lever engaging both said arms for actuating them simultaneously.

4. The nail-clipper having a trough-shaped frame with cutting-seat at the forward end and beveled aperture c in one of the side flanges, a spring-cutter movable to and from the seat, and a thumb-lever pivoted transversely to the flanges with means for pressing the cutter towardthe seat, and adapted when desired to press a cutting-arm past the aperture c, whereby the nail-clipper may be furnished with a cigar-tip cutter at the pleasure of the maker.

5. The combination, with a nail-clipper having a side flange with an aperture therein for the cigar-tip and having a thumb-lever to actuate the clipper, of a cigar-cutting arm pivoted upon the flange with cutting-blade adjacent to the aperture, and a spring for holding the cigarcutting arm normally raised, and the thumb-lever pivoted trans` versely to the flange and lextended over the cigar-cutting blade to operate the same simultaneously 'with the nail-cutter.

6. A nail-clipper having a trough-shaped frame with aperture in the side flange and cigar-cutting arm pivoted upon the said flange with cutting-blade adjacent to the aperture, a spring-leaf riveted to the bot-tom of the trough with cutter at its forward end for clipping the nails, a spring to hold the cigar-cutting blade normally raised, and a thumb-lever pivotedv transversely to the flanges 'with cam to press upon the springleaf, and extended over the cigar-cutting blade to operate the same simultaneously with 'the clipper,

7. In a nail-clipper, the combination, with a trough-shaped frame having side flanges with a cigar-cutter applied to one ofy said flanges and the slot in the bottom at the rear, of the spring-leaf riveted to the bottom of vthe trough with nail-cutter at its forward end,n a thumb-lever pivoted between the trough-flanges with cams to operate the leafspring and hold the lever normally raised by the same, and a latch having a foot with rivet extended through the said slot, and forwardly-projecting hook arranged and adapted to engage 'the tip of the thumb-lever to hold the same closed.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HAVELL.

Witnesses:

J. D. CLARK, THOMAS S. CRANE. 

